Paper-bag file



(Modl.)

Y L. R. WITHERELL.

PAPER BAG PILE.

No. 256527. Patenfd Apr..18,1882" Witnesses )M Hayes t n I UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

LOREN R. WITHERELL, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

PAPER-BAG FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,527, dated April18, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOREN R. WITHEEELL, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Paper- Bag File, ot' which thei'ollowing is aspecilication.

`lllyinvention relates to improvements in paper-bag files fused bygrocers, drnggists, and merchants generally; and itconsistsin s uch acombination ot a spring-clamp or spring-bail, a rollcr,'and a stop hookor hooks as will hold a package of paper-bags in a convenient positionand allow one or more to be withdrawn without disturbing the remainderofthe pack4 age, which is a desideratum never before attainedbyanyt'ormerinvention. Iattainthese objects by the mechanism illustratedin the-accompanying drawings, in which` Figure l is a perspective view,showing the general appearance of the device; and Fig, 2, a side Viewot' the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views. v

The spring-clamp or spring-bail A is made any desired size and of anydesired sized wire to suit different-sized paper bags. It Iis attachedto a suitable board or block, and is made in any convenientform, so asto hold the roller B and press it down upon the bags. It lnay have thewire passing over the roller, as shown, to lift it by; or the wire mayextend forward for the same purpose, and extend around, as through thestop hook or hooks, so as to prevent the clamp from being drawn back tothe injury of the springs.

The roller B is made of any desired size or material and attached by anysuitable pivots tothe springclamp. Its use is to overcome frictlon andallow the paper bags to be Withdrawn, one` or more at a time, betweenthe roller and the stop hook or hooks.

The stop-hook U is a very important part Application tiled July 2S,1881. (Model.)

otl this device, and is used singly or double, accordin g to thedifferent-sized bags. Itis made to curve toward the roller, so that thebottoms or" the bags shall rest against it when thrown into a circularor fan-like forni by the pressure of the rollers. Itwill be seen thatwithout the stop-hook or some equivalent device the bags would be drawnout in bunches or in unsuitable numbers, especially so it' they werestuck together by the paste used in their eonstruc- The whole device,when constructed, may be secured or fastened to the counter or wall, orany convenient place in a store where used, in numbers to suit eachindividual user.

The spring bail or clamp A is raised and a package' of bags placedbeneath the roller B, the bottoms reaching upward to the stop-hook G.When a bag ot' any desired size is needed it can be withdrawn by thethumb and finger between the stop-hook and the roller, and leave all theothers in the package in place and undisturbed.

I am aware that paper slips have been used with a spring-clamp for yearsto hold letters, papers, 85o., in le; but the use for which thisdeviceis designed is entirely different and relates to the use of paperbags only, the increasing use of which demands some special device tohold them in convenient position for use. I

do notthereore claim the use of aspringclamp, broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a paper-bag tile, the combination of the roller B with thespring-clamp A, and provided with the stop-hook C, substantially as andfor the purposes described.

LOREN R. W'ITHERELL.

Witnesses:

W. P. HEWEs, S. J. WRIGHT.

